Solution Found for Moveon.org Petraeus Attack Publicity Nightmare: Rush Limbaugh

Senator Harry Reid has to be a fairly intelligent guy, in spite of evidence to the contrary in his remarks about the surge. But he must figure the rest of us are complete dopes, or so he behaves. Not to make too fine a point, but I sometimes wonder if the "undecided" voters frequently cited as the "moderates" aren't a little goofy. Otherwise, why even try to make this play?

Really, I suspect that the Democrats are attempting to drive the debate so low that voter turnout will be surpressed by utter contempt for Washington D.C.. In fact, that's an intelligent play for them. Only the fever swamp could go for the "Wrestling Entertainment" angles this congress is playing. The average person probably finds the "tit for tat" back and forth from the Senate as repulsive as I find it.

Moveon.org presents a slanderous attack (with a discount from the New York Times, of course, which has now been rescinded) on General Petraeus. The Democrats flee the scene when a sense of the Senate is requested, then grudgingly vote to reaffirm support for the general.

In response, rather than distancing themselves from Moveon.org, they find their favorite whipping boy and accuse him of slander. This is blatant, transparent and futile. But nobody ever accused the Democrats of avoiding futility, look at their health plan ideas. Harry Reid and his cohorts think we're idiots. Are they right?

We'll soon see.